WWE announced during tonight’s episode of RAW that Nakamura will open Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live.

.@ShinsukeN's Road to #WrestleMania continues tomorrow night on #SDLive, LIVE at 8/7c on @USA_Network! #RAW pic.twitter.com/RWQMlIKlsM

— WWE (@WWE) January 30, 2018

No other segments or matches have been announced for Tuesday’s show but we will keep you updated if we hear anything.

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Paddy Power has revealed the betting odds for the Men’s Royal Rumble match ahead of tonight’s event in Philadelphia. Nakamura is still the odds on favorite to win the match, followed by Roman Reigns.

Here are the top ten for the match:

Shinsuke Nakamura: 11/8
Roman Reigns: 5/2
Dolph Ziggler: 4/1
Daniel Bryan: 9/2
Finn Balor: 6/1
Braun Strowman: 7/1
John Cena: 7/1
Elias: 10/1
Randy Orton: 12/1
Baron Corbin: 14/1

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Here are the early betting odds for Sunday’s WWE Clash of Champions event, courtesy of Bet Wrestling:

WWE Championship
AJ Styles(c) -415 vs Jinder Mahal +295

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Charlotte Flair(c) -675 vs Natalya +425

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Usos(c) -245 vs The Field(The New Day, Shelton Benjamin/Chad Gable and Rusev/Aiden English) +175

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn -300 vs Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura +220

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WWE has announced Kevin Owens vs. Nakamura for next week’s episode of SmackDown Live. In addition to the match, the company has also Jinder Mahal and AJ Styles will face off in a segment. Here is an excerpt of their announcement:

“Shinsuke Nakamura clashes with Kevin Owens this Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE
The fate of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn will be decided during a tag team battle against Randy Orton and Shinsuke Nakamura at WWE Clash of Champions, as the troublesome duo’s careers in all of WWE will be on the line. But before the huge showdown in Boston, KO will have to step inside the squared circle with The King of Strong Style on this Tuesday’s edition of SmackDown LIVE, with Zayn and Orton in their partner’s respective corners.

After Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan forced Owens to be handcuffed to the ring rope to prevent him from interfering in Orton and Zayn’s match this past Tuesday, KO used bolt cutters to escape and subsequently unleash a vicious attack on The Viper, with a little help from his best friend. The assault was thwarted thanks to the Nakamura, who burst onto the scene and clobbered KO and Zayn with thunderous Kinshasa knee strikes.

What will happen when these two rivals lock horns? Find out this Tuesday on SmackDown LIVE at 8/7 C on USA Network!“

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There is a rumor floating around that Jim Johnston, who has worked on WWE theme music dating back to 1985, has been released from the company. The news was first reported by ThemeTitan, which is a Twitter account dedicated to news about Johnston and WWE music.

Jim Johnston has been released by WWE

— ThemeTitan (@ThemeTitan_) November 30, 2017

Not mutual & did not mentor CFO$

— ThemeTitan (@ThemeTitan_) November 30, 2017

As of this writing, there has been no official announcement on his release. We have reached out to WWE for comment and we will keep you updated if we hear anything.

For those not aware, Johnston produced themes for The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, The Ultimate Warrior, D-Generation X, Vince McMahon, Chris Jericho, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Brock Lesnar, and many others. Johnston also worked on pay-per-view themes, music that accompanied recaps or feuds, tributes, etc.

The arrival of CFO$ took away Johnston’s primary job as they were assigned the task of producing new songs for new WWE Superstars. CFO$ are behind the popular themes of Superstars like Bobby Roode, Shinsuke Nakamura, Sasha Banks, Samoa Joe, and others.

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We reported last week that Kurt Angle would be returning to the ring for a future match at one of the big four pay-per-view events — Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania or SummerSlam.

PWInsider reports that the plan of this afternoon is for Angle to return to the ring as the team leader of the RAW brand at Survivor Series next month. Finn Balor, Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman are expected to be on Angle’s team for the traditional 5 vs. 5 elimination match. They will take on the SmackDown team of Shane McMahon, Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.

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It’s been 5 months since Jinder Mahal shocked the world by becoming the WWE Champion. It’s been a long ride, and it hasn’t always been pleasant. Solid matches with Randy Orton have not been enough to save his reign. It’s been bogged down by tired promos that he repeated ad nauseam. Bad writing and an old-school but pedestrian wrestling style have undeniably stank up his reign. This Sunday, at Hell in a Cell, there will be some big changes, whether he retains or not. But we still have to ask: what is next for Jinder Mahal?

Dropping the WWE Championship

I hope that Jinder Mahal loses the title this Sunday. 140 days of Jinder is quite long, and I don’t think it should go on any longer. Besides, if (God forbid) he retains, who does he defend it against next? Sami Zayn is a non-entity, AJ Styles is locked in a feud with Baron Corbin, and Bobby Roode probably isn’t staying face for long.

It would be damaging for Shinsuke Nakamura to lose twice to Mahal. No one will take him seriously after that. Besides, you can’t have your heel be a racist and then win. You can only keep “building heat” for so long before people stop caring. And people have stopped caring. It would be a massive waste of the past three months to have Jinder defeat Shinsuke Nakamura.

I believe Mahal drops the title this Sunday. He gets his rematch at Survivor Series or Clash of Champions, and then poof, he’s gone from the title picture. But after that, what’s next for him? He can’t just drop down back to where he once was on the card. He’s not going back to being a jobber. He’ll be hanging around the upper reaches of the card for a while.

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As seen on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, Jinder Mahal cut a promo that mocked Shinsuke Nakamura for being Japanese. At one point in the promo, Mahal said “you always rook the same.” Fans in attendance responded with “that’s too far” chant.

WWE apparently wasn’t a fan of this segment as it was not uploaded to the company’s YouTube channel. It will be interesting to see if they “forget” about this promo moving forward just like they did with Alexa Bliss’ “This Is Your Life” segment.

WWE has not uploaded the a YouTube clip of Jinder Mahal's promo from SmackDown last night. WWE usually uploads a clip for every segment. pic.twitter.com/ZdqzYYTxWX

— Brandon Howard (@BrandonThurston) September 20, 2017

Here is footage from the segment uploaded to a non-WWE channel:

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The following are spoilers for tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live, courtesy of PWInsider:

* Shinsuke Nakamura & Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal & Rusev is planned to main event tonight’s show.

* The Usos vs. New Day.

* AJ Styles will do another United States Open Challenge.

* Natalya & Carmella wiill continue in some sort of angle to tease Carmella cashing in.

Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of the event.

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Dave Meltzer indicated on Wrestling Observer Radio that we may be getting a rematch at the upcoming Hell in a Cell event in October.

While nothing is confirmed, it appears that Jinder Mahal defending the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura will take place inside the steel structure at the event. WWE will be slowly building for the match, as it is over a month away from taking place.

Hell in a Cell takes place on October 8th at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

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